Practising Counting:
Multiplication and Division Facts
Year 2 children need to know and quickly recall the multiplication facts for the x2, x5 and x10 times tables. At first, they can recall them in order like:
0 x 2 = 0
1 x 2 = 2
2 x 2 = 4.
Once pupils develop some confidence with this, they need to develop their instant recall with answering questions randomly from the times tables above. You could ask your child a question in the following ways:
Children also need to recognise the relationship between multiplication and division to recall number fact families e.g.
3 x 5 = 15
5 x 3 = 15
15 ÷ 3 = 5
15 ÷ 5 = 3